admonish

The home-plate umpire paused the game to admonish Santana for coming set before Caballero was looking at him, a transgression that could result in an automatic ball being added to the count.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Antonelli complained again about Russell's driving on the slowing down lap and Wolff again came on the radio to admonish him: "Kimi, we talk about this privately, not on the radio."

From BBC ● May 23, 2026

"We stayed to guard our soil," her daughter Najat al-Nour, a Quran professor in her fifties who lifted her chin high to admonish those who left.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

He’d later gently admonish a request for the Velvet Underground’s “Venus In Furs,” explaining that there was no way he could play it without a viola.

From Salon ● May 27, 2025

I braced myself for the agony of hearing his voice—the voice that used to speak to me with laughter and light and now is used only to admonish or console or pity—but it wasn’t him.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

The only time she admonishes him about his language is to scold him for apologizing too much.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

“NEVER attempt to remove a crab from its sea shell,” the sheet admonishes.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2025

The league sometimes admits mistakes and admonishes referees.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 11, 2023

Here she admonishes women of means who struggle to breastfeed.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 2, 2023

Their mother admonishes that the content of said tales may not be entirely appropriate for a pair of just barely thirteen-year-olds, but Mme.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

A younger man, I lost my cool for a moment and had to be admonished by a police officer to move along.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Keaton reportedly confronted the teenage fans and admonished them during the game.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

When admonished, “I must say, Mr. Burrows, you were pretty naive,” he smilingly answers, “I would say I was stupid.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

Connolly has been admonished three times by the California Commission on Judicial Performance, most recently in 2021, for two incidents.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

The executive admonished me, noting that the impulsive policy I had called for was not only premature but dangerous.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Robert Mueller, who ran the FBI from 2001 to 2013, was known to adhere to Hoover’s G-man dress code of white shirts and dark suits, admonishing agents who wore something more colorful.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026

And on Sunday, he was admonishing himself for it.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025

“It has definitely empowered people,” Ali said, also admonishing the hospital for refusing to address Soliman publicly.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2025

But she also wagged an admonishing finger as she complained of continuing captivity and the Israeli government’s failure to act to free her and the others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2024

Dandy, too, was an influence, meticulously correcting our grammar or admonishing us to enunciate our words when we went over for dinner.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama